to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
tradition; legend; folklore
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
innumerable; countless; numberless
not necessarily so; is not always true
admirable; charming; nostalgic; curious; eager to know (or see, experience, etc.)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
in the same way as; just like
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
dry riverbed; river beach
one or two; a few; small number
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)